The Kingship of Self-Control Quotes

“Men who pride themselves on being shrewd in discovering the weak points, the vanity, the dishonesty, immorality, intrigue, and pettiness of others think they understand character. They know only a part of character. They know only the depths to which some men may sink; they know not the heights to which some men may rise.”
― William George Jordan, The Kingship of Self-Control: Individual Problems and Possibilities

“The exercises may be very simple — dropping for a time an intensely interesting book at the most thrilling page of the story; jumping out of bed at the first moment of waking; walking home when one is perfectly able to do so, but when the temptation is to take a car; …”
― William George Jordan, The Kingship of Self-Control